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The Seven Basic Plots

The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker that offers a Jungian‑influenced analysis of stories and their psychological significance. Booker worked on the book for thirty‑four years.

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Author
Christopher Booker
Dewey Decimal
809/.924
Followed by
Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming
Language
English
LC Class
PN3378 .B65 2004
Pages
736

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The Seven Basic Plots

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The Seven Basic Plots

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related to External links · 26
The Seven Basic Plots → Adam Mars-Jones, Are No Stories New, Basic, Cecil Adams, Clive Bradley, Denis Dutton, Everything, Google Books, IPL2, Kasia Boddy, Literature, Michiko Kakutani, Once Upon, Plots, Terminator, The, The New York Times, The Observer, The Odyssey, The Plot Thins
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The Seven Basic Plots → Beryl Bainbridge, Booker, Fay Weldon, God, God's, If, It, John Bayley, Richard Adams, Roger Scruton, Ronald Harwood, Some, This
Author · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → Christopher Booker
Dewey Decimal · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → 809/.924
Followed by · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → Scared to Death: From BSE to Global Warming
ISBN · 1
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The Seven Basic Plots → English
LC Class · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → PN3378 .B65 2004
OCLC · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → 57641576
Pages · 1
The Seven Basic Plots → 736

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The Seven Basic PlotsPreceded byThe Great Deception1.00infobox
The Seven Basic PlotsPublished20041.00infobox
The Seven Basic Plotsrelated to External linksGoogle Books0.60section
The Seven Basic Plotsrelated to External linksEverything0.60section

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